Is He the New Usher?

'Run It' Singer Chris Brown

DOING IT 'MY WAY' With his smooth vocals and fancy footwork, Brown draws easy comparisons to R&B superstar Usher, an idol he's had his eye on for a while. "I was 11 [in my house] and watching Usher perform 'My Way,' and I started trying to mimic it," says Brown. "My mom was like, 'You can sing?' And I was like, 'Well, yeah, Mama.' "And that's not all: "I wanna be a mogul," says Brown. "I wanna be a singer, actor, entrepreneur, have a clothing line, be an executive—everything."

LADIES FIRST "I'm girl crazy; I can't help it," says Brown. "I didn't have to have any game to talk to girls—all I had to do was sing, and they'd be like, 'Ooh, you can sing!' " Not that being a heartthrob doesn't have its dangers. At one concert frenzied fans pulled him off the stage. "I never once was scared like, 'I could lose my life!' " he says. "I was like, 'Wow, they love me this much?' "